Conferry

Consolidada de Ferrys C.A.
Founded1970
Headquarters
Caracas
,
Venezuela
Area served
Caribbean Sea
ServicesPassenger transportation
Freight transportation
Websitelanuevaconferry.mppt.gob.ve

Conferry (Consolidada de Ferrys C.A.) is a Venezuelan shipping company operating passenger and freight services to the islands of Margarita and Coche, and serves the ports of Puerto la Cruz, Punta de Piedras, Guanta, La Guaira, Coche Island, and the international port of Guamache. The main office of Conferry is in Plaza Venezuela, in central Caracas. In 2011, Conferry was expropriated by Hugo Chavez and rebranded as Nuevo Conferry.

Routes

Conferry operate routes across the Caribbean Sea.

Fleet

Conferry operated a fleet of nine ships, consisting of six high speed ferries and four ROPAX ferries/freight ships. All 9 ships listed below have either sunk or disappeared from AIS. The current fleet is unknown.[1]

Name Built Entered service Tonnage Note References
HSC Virgen de Coromoto 2004 2014 6,242 GRT Listed for sale in 2017 and disappeared from AIS in 2024, fate unknown [2]
HSC San Francisco de Asís 2001 2014 5,889 GRT Ex Baleària, disappeared from AIS in 2017, fate unknown [3]
HSC Virgen del Valle II 2001 2013 8,397 GRT Listed for sale in 2017 and disappeared from AIS, 2024 [4]
HSC Tallink AutoExpress 2 1997 2009 5,419 GRT Sank at Guanta [5]
MS Rosa Eugenia 1978 2008 6,507 GRT Sank in Puerto La Cruz [6]
MS Maria Rosario 1978 2006 2,736 GRT Abandoned and sank in Puerto La Cruz alongside Concepcion Mariño [7]
HSC Lilia Concepcion 1999 2002 5,992 GRT Disappeared from AIS, 2022 [8]
HSC Carmen Ernestina 1999 1999 5,992 GRT Sank in Puerto la Cruz [9]
MS Cacica Isabel 1979 1979 2,640 GRT Abandoned in Puerto La Cruz, towed to Puerto Cabello and sank [10]
MS Concepcion Mariño 1978 1978 2,635 GRT Abandoned and sank in Puerto La Cruz alongside Maria Rosario [11]

References

  1. ^ "www.faktaomfartyg.se - Conferry". Retrieved February 1, 2011.
  2. ^ The Ferry Site about HSC Virgen de Coromoto
  3. ^ The Ferry Site about HSC San Francisco de Asís
  4. ^ The Ferry Site about HSC Virgen del Valle II
  5. ^ The Ferry Site about HSC Tallink AutoExpress 2
  6. ^ The Ferry Site about MV Rosa Eugenia
  7. ^ The Ferry Site about MS Maria Rosario
  8. ^ The Ferry Site about HSC Lilia Concepcion
  9. ^ The Ferry Site about HSC Carmen Ernestina
  10. ^ The Ferry Site about MS Cacica Isabel
  11. ^ The Ferry Site about MS Concepcion Mariño